Chap. XIX. STOEY OF AKEXDA MBAXI. 391 



related by a very talkative old fellow wlio seemed 

 to be the wag of the village. It was as follows : — 



AKEXDA MBANL 



Redjioua had a daughter called Arondo, and 

 she 'was very beautiful. Rcdjioiia said, " A man 

 may give me slaves, goods, or ivory to marry my 

 daughter, but he will not get her ; I want only a 

 man tliat will agree that when Arondo falls ill, he 

 will fall ill also, and that when Arondo dies, he 

 will die also." Time vrciit on; and, as people knew 

 this, no one came to ask Arondo in marriage ; but, 

 one day, a man called Akenda Mbani (" never goes 

 twice to the same place ") came, and he said to Red- 

 jioua, "I come to marry Arondo, your daughter; 

 I come, because I will agree that when Arondo 

 dies, I will die also." So Akenda Mbani married 

 Arondo. Akenda Mbani was a great hunter, and, 

 after he had married Arondo, he went hunting, and 

 killed two wild boars. On his return, he said, " I 

 have killed two boars, and bring 3-ou one." Red- 

 jioua said, " Go 'and fetch the other." Akenda 

 J\lbaiii said, " My father gave me a nconi (a law) 

 that I must never go twice to the same place." 

 Another day he went hunting again, and killed 

 two antelopes ; on his return, he said to Redjioua, 

 " Father, I have killed two kambi (antelopes), I 

 .bring you one." The king answered, "Please, my 

 son-in-law, go and fetch tlie other." He answered, 

 *' You know I cannot go twice to the same place." 



Another time he went hunting again, and killed 



